Toronto police are searching for a “violent” and “dangerous” suspect who allegedly wielded a machete during a robbery in Scarborough on Wednesday.

In the Eglinton Ave. E. and Brimley Rd. area at about 12:20 p.m., police say a man approached another man who had just left a bank in the area, and demanded cash. The suspect was allegedly armed with a knife, and after a struggle, the man with the knife then pulled out a machete and assaulted the victim with it, according to police.

The victim’s injuries were not life-threatening, but he was taken to hospital.

Police consider the suspect violent, armed and dangerous, and advise the public not to approach him.

The suspect is described as having a dark brown complexion, between 25 and 30 years old, five-feet-five and about 130 pounds. He was reportedly unshaven and wearing a black jacket with a fur-lined hood and red lining, a red toque, blacks jeans with silver studs and a black backpack.

Toronto police are asking for the public’s assistance identifying two men who robbed a jewellery store last month while wearing burkas.

Edmond Bakos, the owner of the York Mills-Leslie Street-area Mona-Clara Jewellers, said he didn’t think twice about the people who walked into his store on OCt. 14 until one them produced a handgun and demanded jewellery in a distinctly masculine voice.

“Three seconds after they walked in, they pulled out a gun and said, ‘It’s a holdup,’” Bakos said.

While one suspect emptied a display of jewellery into his handbag, the second went with a female staff member to lock the entrance.

The pair got away with about $500,000 in jewellery during the five-minute holdup, Holdup squad Staff-Insp. Mike Earl told reporters Wednesday. The robbery took place at about 11 a.m., at a “busy” mall plaza, he said.

Bakos described the incident as traumatic.

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding the robbers. The first suspect is described as a black male, approximately 5”11 wearing black clothes. The second suspect was also male, approximately 6”3 with no description of ethnicity.

Toronto Police have arrested a man in relation to two separate TTC collector robberies in October.

The first robbery happened on Oct. 15 at Wellesley Station, the second on Oct. 31 at Rosedale Station. In both incidents, a man allegedly approached the collector booth, demanded money and then ran away after he got it.

A man was arrested shortly after the second robbery by TTC security officers.

Mohamed Nur Hassan, 56, of Toronto, has been charged with two counts of robbery and one count of possession of property obtained by crime.

Robberies took place Friday within 20 minutes of each other

Police are asking for the public’s help in their investigation of two bank robberies that took place within 20 minutes of each other on Friday.

At about 10:40 a.m. MT, police say a man entered the North Hill Station CIBC, which is in the 2000 block of 16th Avenue N.W.

They say he approached the teller, passed her a robbery note and was given an undisclosed amount of money.

He then left the bank.

Twenty minutes later, police say there was a robbery at the Scotiabank at 2001 33rd Avenue S.W.

Once again, police say a man entered the branch and passed the teller a robbery note.

He was given an undisclosed amount of money and left the bank.

Police are not saying whether the two robberies are connected.

The suspect in the CIBC robbery is described as a black man between the ages of 20 and 25, with a dark complexion and a goatee. He was about five feet and eight or nine inches tall with a slim build, and was wearing a grey hoodie with a black baseball cap, tan pants and black and white shoes.

He also had brown sunglasses and was wearing dark-coloured fleece gloves.

He also had a noticeably low voice.

The suspect in the Scotiabank robbery is described as a black man in his mid-20s, with a dark complexion and unshaven.

He is believed to be about five feet and nine inches tall, weighing about 140-150 pounds with a slim build.

He was wearing a brown and white scarf, a grey hooded sweatshirt and tan pants, and black and white running shoes.

He was also wearing a black and white baseball cap with a logo on the front as well as dark-brown and black gloves.

Anyone with information about either of the incidents is asked to contact Calgary police at 403-428-8787 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

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